Letters From Camp Dodge Iowa 1918 Soldier News
Postcards and letters from World War I era, dated June 1918 from Camp Logan and Camp Dodge Iowa recount daily life. Messages describe meals at the canteen, disciplinary notes, travel by train, and hopes of returning home. Private Leroy Lawson and Geo F. Smith share details of duty in kitchens, barracks, and social life with brief mentions of travel through Toledo Cleveland and Lake Erie.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Lucerne
Toledo
Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Erie
Hudson River
Camp Funston
Kansas
Grover Morgan
Santa Fe
Shaffer
Buck
St Issing
Terre Haute
Mt Vernon
Letters From Soldiers Abroad in 1918 War Letters
A collage of wartime letters from Great Lakes in May 1918 and camp messages from Camp Funston Camp Dodge and other posts. Troops describe heat hunger reports, pay issues, furloughs, and imminent deployment to France as 400 to 700 men leave daily. A sister writes back, detailing family and daily life, while others share hopes, quarantine notes, and Scout-like updates on training and travel. The pieces capture homeward questions, devotion, and the realities of soldiers awaiting orders.
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Great Lakes
Earl
Annabelle
Duffey
Blue Devils
France
Camp Paul Jones
Ethel
Zeke
Mike
Rollie
Jess
Joe
Sousa
The
Republican
Jackie
Camp Dodge
Town
Lou
Puiman
Letters From Home From World War I Soldiers
A collage of wartime letters from Merle Williamson and Leonard E. Hart describing daily life in 1918. They praise the Y M C A, mention Camp Dodge and the 350th Infantry, and express longing for family while focusing on duty and the war’s purpose.
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Serendont
Leonard E. Hart
Camp Dodge
Draft Inquiry Finds Him in France but He Fills Out Blank
A draft questionnaire mailed to a soldier in France yields a satirical set of answers. The man lists fighting Huns with a bayonet and digging trenches as his work, appending humor that he is employed in an enterprise named European war and that its product is Hell. He references “No Man's Land” farming, a rear of enterprise role, and 10 million workers, while noting his wish to join cavalry and describing life at Fort Logan and in England. The letters capture frontline humor, conscription delays, and wartime sentiment from multiple locales and units, including Fort Dodge, Unionville, and Des Moines area.
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Har¢a
Marine Corps
U. S
Alost
Magee
Edwin
Ella
Jule Pasad
Great Lakes
Wort
France
Infantry
Cavalry
Denver
Unionville
Naines
Stille
Leland
Faudree
Newton
Felix Boesche
Des Moines
Ora Cecil Shelton
Fort Logan
Colo
Merry England
Connie Hickering
Bob Triplett
Rob
Connie
Fritz
Bararbinne
Grant R
Rte
Peruna medicine helps stomach after two weeks of use
Mrs Selena Tanner of Athens Ohio thanks the ad for Peruna guidance. She says after starting the remedy her stomach pain lasted about two weeks before stopping and she now has a good appetite, whereas she was nearly starved before. Those who object to liquids can use Peruna Tablets.
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Selena Tanner
Athens
Ohio
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I, Toto
United States
Glen
Geo F. Smith
W.S.S
Missouri
Leroy Lawson
Dodge
Iowa
Brooklyn
N. Y
Roy
Pitts
Nile
Royo
Canady
Cyt
Sewin
Peru
Bert. Wagoner
James H. Triplett
Inf. Supply Co
U. A
Ben Haines
Gladys
Riley Siver
Wagoner James H. Triplett
Supply Co
89Th Div
Amer
Jeanette
Merle Williamson
Newport
Lynes JT
Todd
Fumesteun Va
Pet Moore Fantry
Polly Bunch
Sister
Ben
Velma
Grace
Long Pine
Nebr
Tony
Elsie Wessel
Grant McCoy
Centerville
Papa
Ida
Opal
Opal E
Pearl E
Ida J
Nellie
Amil M. C
Hal
Bob
Ind
Vel Over
Harry Lewcack
Elmer Jones
Weliusm Scott
Beecher Warner
Leo Stephen Bucher
W.S
England
John Smith
Cy Morgan
John T Stanton
New York
Jaws
Robert Geisnger
Emery Stille
Sore
Pranee
Nonville, Mo
Ees Poultry
Pera
Wolf's
Wolf
Jl. Tatman
Sappho
U.s.marine Corps
Enoch Morgan's Sons CO
U.S. Marines
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